Hitchcock's Psycho: Cinematic Techniques

Editing Techniques
Please excuse the pun, but basically the only editing technique used in Psycho is a cut.
*<Tab/>Cut: The editing techniques aren't used so much as to add to the horror of this movie. I feel that cuts are used because they are the bluntest and keep the scenes coming and therefore keeping the tone at a fairly constant level throughout.
Narrative Devices
*<Tab/>Metaphor: When Marrion is seen, minus her clothes at the start of the film she is wearing a white bra and petticoat. After she leaves work and goes home she is seen in a black bra and petticoat. Perhaps the change in colour is representative of the change in Marion's intentions in regards to what she is going to do with the money.
Approaches to Film Making
*<Tab/>Psycho uses a realism approach to film making, but may also use some aspects of expressionism, with the use of camera angles and camera location. The use of realism as the main approach makes the movie, to an extent, more relatable to the audience, and therefore makes the move that bit creepier.
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